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Summary: Many call Franken a liar. Give us some evidence!
Review: This is a great book, meticulously researched and backed up by facts that you, yourself, the reader, can check. Anyone with an open mind, who is willing to read both conservative and liberal books and pick the truth out of the lies on both sides, will be happy with this book. All of you who call Franken a liar, please point out exactly what you mean. He took the time to cite his sources, to explain contexts (rather than take things out of context for political gain), and to document everything he did. So where, exactly, is he making things up? His entire point is that the conservatives he writes about (not all conservatives) distort what their sources say and/or simply do not give accurate examples of what they are talking about. Those of you calling him a liar are doing exactly what he argues against--you're not giving any specifics about where he is wrong. Although I could do without the Chickenhawk stories, this book is funny, well written, and just plain excellent.
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Summary: Very Funny, Very Smart, A Great Book
Review: This is a great book. It's very funny and entertaining, but also backed up with plenty of documented facts. Read it and you'll see why Fox tried to keep this off the market. Franken has the goods them and the rest of the Right.
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Summary: The truth hurts, and makes you laugh...
Review: This is a great eye-opener for those who actually believe the lies being marketed by the right, but unfortunately they won't read it (thier leader doesn't even like to read). And this is a better book for those who want to laugh at the right, and gain some useful ammo when those mixed up right-wingers start spinning. Frankin debunks the myth of the liberal media, pointing out some of the glaring truths of corporate-owned media. Unless you really, truly believe that Bush was telling the truth when he said "By far a vast majority of my tax cuts help the bottom half" (lol) then you should buy this book. The Bill O'Really and Ann Coulter section are great, proving with their own words what lying liars they are. Frankin does have a boring section that I mostly skipped through. He points out how NONE of the current war-hawks in the administration, with the exception of Powell, ever served in the military (sorry Bush, putting on a flight suit after going AWOL in the National Guard doesn't count)and then makes up a hypothetical scenario with them all in battle. Its not that funny or entertaining, so I recommend skipping it. Frankin doesn't cover the "mushroom cloud" of lies that led up to the war, or how Bush manupulated the public into thinking that Iraq supported 9-11 or had ties to Al-Queda, because many of those lies are just now coming to light. But he does detail how the Clinton administration stressed the Al-Queda threat (remember, Clinton bombed Afganistan in 1998)and how the Bush administration slept on it. If I recall correctly, before Sept 11th, Bush was taking a month-long vacation down at the ranch. Frankin doesn't cover some of the bigger lies of Bush, instead he focuses on some of the right-wings minions. He gives short treatment to Bush's horrible education, environmental and foriegn policy record. Bush's religious hypocracy for example (I don't think Jesus was a reverse-Robin Hood, giving to the rich donors at the expense of working Americans) isn't mentioned. In fact, the right complains so much about this book, which really is harmless, it seems like they are rather...sensitive. I mean no one claims treason when Bush personally denies due process rights guaranteed under the Constitution, but the right loves to use that word all the time. It is true that the Nuremburg trials highest charge was waging a war of aggression, which is exactly what Bush did, but Frankin never hits any hard points like this as Noam Chomsky would. Its a great book anyway.
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Summary: Funny Despite the Tragedy
Review: This is a great read. Lying Liars is the first book I have read by Al Franken because he comes across as being so silly. It's hard to believe that his writing would have a lot of content. But Franken's humor is a catalyst for a much greater message in this book. A lot of the insights here should be at the forefront of public discussion. Although Franken is pretty brutal to the likes of Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, and Bernard Goldberg, everything he says about these so called journalists seems like fair criticism. The critiques of The political right wing are also right on target.
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Summary: Long overdue
Review: This is a great, long overdue piece of work. It's solid, funny, and well researched. It's about bloody time someone started to push back on these neo-conservative hypocrite jerks, like Gingrich, and screaming illogical apologists, like Coulter. The truth of this book should make the current administration very uncomfortable. Thank God for Al Franken and the beginning of the end of G.W. Bush and his money-grubbing cronies...
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Summary: The Best political commentary of the 21-st century!!!
Review: This is a hillarious look at the neo-cons! Mr. Franken does an awesome job pointing out the hipocricy, inconsistencies, and all-out lies of the president, his staff, and most of the self-ascribed "fair and honest" right wing commentators/columnists. The author's incredible determination to ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH is especially mind-boggling in this age of "anything-to-win" mentality.
If you want to know the TRUTH, you must read this book!!!
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Summary: Do not read if you don't like thinking!!
Review: This is a horrible horrible book if you prefer to be spoonfed information. Don't read it!! In fact, don't read it and then write a review about it!! (moron) Franken has done a very fine job reviewing a number of books by far right-wing personalities ("conservatives" is not the proper term for those he reviews in this book; conservatives aren't crazy, these people are). Franken investigates their argument structures and points out, well, lies. I'm sorry, but if you cook numbers to support your argument (Sean Hannity, Franken pgs. 95-101), lie about your (not) dirt poor upbringing (Bill O'Reilly, Franken pgs. 73-74), or misquote news sources to support your opinion (Ann Coulter, Franken pgs. 13-15) you are a liar. As thinking people know, and Franken underscores, when you lie about the little things you insult your audience and undercut your own credibility. Additionally, his statements are backed up with incredible amounts of research, he explains his research techniques (so you can re-run the searches if you don't think he's being upfront about the results), and honors his incredible research team, TeamFranken. I'm hoping there is a *good* conservative response to this book with similarly thoughtful, well argued and ethical writing. If you like to laugh and hate stupid people, regardless of your political affiliation, you'll love this book. If you're a moron, pass.
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Summary: Engaging Satire long overdue!
Review: This is a magnificent foray by a self-avowed liberal into the right-wing dominated world of political invective. Franken scores big hits debate-wise over his victims because he actually documents his assertions--unlike Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter who merely spill bile whether its in print or on television. The chapters on FOX Broadcasting are worth the price of the book alone. An aside: A reviewer with Ann Coulter's testosterone reviewed this book with the not-so-clever witticism that "Lying liars" is incoherent--if not an oxymoron. Not true, of course. A "lying liar" is as intelligible and easly understood as--say-- an "honest truthteller." Franken was merely being obnoxiously, creatively redundant with the title of his book. Morons and oxymorons as fair game for the book are another thing altogether.
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Summary: Finally The Truth Exposed!
Review: This is a must read book! I certainly chucked at the moronic statements and activities of Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Karl Rove and of course George W., but I also was outright angry as I realized that in the last election I was one of the ones that was duped by the Right Wing Media. I bought into their stories that Gore was a dolt and didn't have the backbone to steer the ship and that Bush was capable of doing the job. I suspected that there was a fair amount of "stretching the truth" in politics but have been astounded by the blatant lies of the right which is analogous with this administration. I actually used to listen to Rush many years ago when he talked about whiners, before he became one and turned into a drug addict. He actually used to talk about some interesting issues. But that too was when he could pronounce "issues." And Sean Hannity? Chronic liar. Certainly books by bozos like Hannity and O'Reilly should be listed as works of fiction until proven otherwise. Franken's book is filled with rigorous fact checking (and proving) and should be required reading by seniors in our country's high schools. If that were the case, we might not ever have to deal with another administration like this one. One final note about this William Fevers the III (third or turd?) text that he calls a review. This isn't a review, it's another Right Winger bragging about being a showoff bully in High School. Based on what he says, he still is a dillrod and I put him in the Sean Hannity category (circular file).
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Summary: With a book this brilliant, you'd think Al went to Harvard
Review: This is a must read for all enlightened people. The Faux news crowd will not be into this one bit. Franken tells it like it is as he makes hamburger out of Faux News' sacred cows. This is not a slanderous book, each accusation is thouroughly fact checked. Like him or not, Franken is an honest and thoughtful human being who doesn't like what is being done to our country. His book is a call to arms, a call to action. Check it out!!!
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